Elmo Langley
Elmo Harold Langley was an American NASCAR driver and owner. Langley primarily used the number 64 on his race cars during his NASCAR career.
Racing career
Langley began his racing career racing modified cars in Virginia and Maryland in 1952. Langley came into NASCAR as a Driver/Owner in 1954. In 1966, he partnered with Henry Woodfield and created Langley-Woodfield Racing. That same year, Langley won the only two races of his long career. After the second race of the 1969 season, Langley and Woodfield split and Langley continued to run the team on his own returning to the driver/owner role.Langley finished fifth in season points in 1969 and 1971, sixth in 1968 and 1970, seventh in 1972, eighth in 1975, and ninth in 1967 and 1973. His final full season was as a driver for Langley Racing in 1975.
Langley continued to drive in a few select races until 1981 when he hung up the helmet for good. Langley began to field his familiar No. 64 for other drivers to develop their career including Tommy Gale, Joe Millikan, Jimmy Hensley and Ken Schrader. Langley shut down his team after the 1987 season.
On April 15, 1988, Langley was named as the crew chief for Cale Yarborough and Dale Jarrett with his duties in effect after that year's First Union 400 where he attended as an observer.
Langley's very last race was the Battle of the NASCAR Legends race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1991. The race featured such drivers as Cale Yarborough, Junior Johnson, Pete Hamilton, and Donnie Allison. The winner was Langley, beating Yarborough to the line by about three feet on the last lap.
From April 1989 through November 1996, Langley served as the official pace car driver for all Winston Cup events. Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace were well known to bump and draft his car during pace laps.